Middle East

Hamas says ceasefire deal reached after exchange of fire with Israel

Responding to airstrikes, resistance groups target two Israeli cities adjacent to Gaza. Photo courtesy Anadolu GAZA CITY, Palestine, March 26…

Suspected al-Qaida gunmen blow up security headquarters in SE Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, March 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Gunmen suspected of belonging to the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch blew up a security headquarters…

Israel: 7 injured near Tel Aviv in Gaza rocket attack – military

JERUSALEM, March 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — A long-range rocket from Gaza hit a residential home in central Israel on Monday morning,…

Turkey president says to file issue of Golan Heights to UN

ANKARA, March 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will take the issue of U.S. recognition…

Syria’s return to Arab League not on agenda of Arab summit: spokesman

CAIRO, March 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — The resumption of Syria’s suspended membership in the Arab League (AL) is not on the…

Iraqi parliament sacks local governor after Mosul boat capsize

BAGHDAD, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iraq’s parliament voted to sack the governor of Nineveh after an overloaded ferry capsized, killing…

Israeli PM Netanyahu in Washington with Golan Heights recognition on tap

WASHINGTON, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) –: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington on Sunday, looking for an electoral boost…

Romania to move its embassy to Jerusalem

WASHINGTON, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Romania’s prime minister promised on Sunday in Washington that her country would move its embassy in…

Turkey will not go back on purchase of Russian S-400s: Pres Erdogan

ISTANBUL, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkey will not go back on the purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia no…

Qatar’s US$434 million desert rose museum finally blooms

DOHA, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Almost a decade in the making, three years late and at an estimated cost of…